“In a Rally1 and Rally2, you’ll be able to push, push, push, and each time you push extra, there’s at all times a response coming optimistic from the automobile. In case you are gradual, it’s not serving to you, it’s not straightforward to show the automobile or not straightforward to brake, however if you’re braking on the restrict and doing proper issues on the identical time, the automobile begins to work with you and you might be working collectively which is less complicated to drive.
“Even in Rally1 automobile, after all it’s quick, however it’s very sharp, very agile and should you can work along with the automobile, I believe it’s not so troublesome to drive.
“It was a loopy feeling,” he added, “not simply because I’m driving one of many quickest rally automobiles. It’s a really historic and vital factor to have been testing on the identical stage like Carlos Sainz did, Colin McRae did with their legendary Focus WRC automobiles. It’s precisely the identical stage and I used to be there driving.
“Even when I used to be not driving a Puma Rally1, driving a Rally2 or Rally3 [for example], it’s precisely the identical stage the place I used to be watching as a baby in unhealthy high quality movies, foggy, slippery muddy phases with Colin McRae flicking the automobile round and touching the surface of the corners with this Focus. It’s superb to be there on this ambiance.
“Plus, I’m driving a Rally1 automobile. I believe it’s one of many quickest rally automobiles ever in-built historical past. I don’t know should you agree, however perhaps the 2017 Fiesta and the opposite automobiles with six-speed paddle-shift gearbox have been as quick as this one, however apart from that these are the quickest automobiles ever produced, so I used to be driving certainly one of them.
“It’s a lifetime expertise you will get.”